Providing thoughtful psychiatric medication management for children, adolescents, and adults. As a psychiatric nurse practitioner I collaborate with psychotherapists and counselors when medication evaluations are needed to support the mental wellness and stability of patients.

I work with parents whose adult children are estranged from them. Some have been completely out of touch for years, some are in contact regularly but with unsatisfying outcomes, and many more fall somewhere in between.

Some of my clients' children are in their 20s, others are much older. The estrangement may be a new development, it may be long-standing, or somewhere in between.

Whatever the details, estrangement of adult children can be an extremely painful and complicated experience for parents. I offer hope, tools, and emotional healing for parents in this situation.

I'm licensed in both Colorado and Oregon (C2577), and am a Distance Credentialed Counselor. I offer sessions online and by phone, as well as in person.

As an experienced organizational trainer, I also offer assertiveness training to companies and groups.

I offer counseling for young children (0-8), caregivers and families, pregnant women, and foster/adoptive parents. I use play, movement, and the family’s inherent wisdom to support families through challenging times. My specialties include working with traumatized children (including those who have experienced medical trauma), strengthening attachment relationships among family members (particularly in foster/adoptive families), helping children who have sensory integration problems, and providing support to families with children with developmental delays and complex medical histories. I also have years of experience working with children on the autism spectrum and with helping mothers experiencing post-partum depression. In addition to individual and family counseling, I offer parenting classes and therapeutic groups for children.

My role as therapist is to support and assist fellow travelers along their journey through the wilderness of life. While each person is unique, presenting individual sets of strengths and challenges, we all walk through this experience together. The path we travel, from the depths of the dark night of the soul to luminous expansion toward self-actualization, is at once terrifying and ecstatic. It is my calling to explore this territory together, bringing to the sacred space of therapy a safe and strong container which empowers you, my client, to chart your own course into life.

Certifications/Licenses:

MA Transpersonal Counseling Psychology, Wilderness Focus Naropa University - 2012

4Gateways Coach - A Jungian archetypal model, this approach is highly effective with specific concerns - 2011

DBT Facilitator - Noeticus Denver - 2011